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This month I made a layout using the Tim Holtz Dapper collection. This collection is full of vintage ephemera images that have a great masculine feel. I knew it was perfect to highlight this photo of my grandfather (on the left) and his friend. My grandfather served with the Navy in the Pacific in WWII. I have a couple of photos of him in his uniform, and they are a great treasure.

I started with one of the 12×12 papers in the collection for my background, and then added multiple layers of Distress Paint, Distress Stain, modeling paste, and Distress Inks. I used stencils for the modeling paste bricks and the inked stars. I used a Tim Holtz background stamp with Picket Fence Distress Paint for the random circles in the background. Then I layered several of the 6×6 and smaller patterns from the collection.

To add even more depth and age to the project, I layered a vintage air mail envelope and stamp into the collage. I painted the Tim Holtz flag die cut with Distress Ink in Faded Denim and Fired Brick and pewter Distress Pint.

A mirrored star and measuring tape trim complete the collage.

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3 comments to Be Brave

Omgosh, this is uhhhmazing, Erica! That old photo of your grandfather is priceless! And you did justice to it with this gorgeous vintage collage! Love all the goodies you used here. Dapper is truly perfect for this, and the airmail envelope and stamp are such a great touch. <3

Hi Erica,
Congrats! You won my little giveaway. The mini Halloween shadowbox is yours.
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By the way, I haven’t visited in quite a while, and see that I have missed out on a lot of your amazing work, I will have to put an extended visit on my to do list.
hugs and JOY,
Kim